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Chapter 178: The Dual Realm of Ice and Fire, Grass Puppet Breakthrough
Chapter 178: The Dual Realm of Ice and Fire, Grass Puppet Breakthrough
Within his Spirit Field, Lu Chen located an empty area and took out a white jade box containing the Spirit Seeds of the Enchanting Mystical Peach.
He carefully examined the three Spirit Seeds within the box, and before he knew it, the pink mist in the grooves of the seeds became increasingly dense, and the seeds took on a bewitching allure in Lu Chen's eyes.
They transformed into a peach-like shape, and soon after into a more mature form, sparking the youthful Lu Chen's wild imagination.
"How bold! I could tell at a glance that you're not a proper Spirit Seed!"
Lu Chen's spiritual power surged, and he cast a Cleansing Chant on himself, instantly clearing his mind and calming his thoughts.
The peach core Spirit Seed returned to its original form.
"As expected, it's an unruly enchantress of a peach. Good thing I know how to deal with it."
"Under the influence of the Cleansing Chant, I am free from desire and craving. Women will only hinder my farming speed!"
Lu Chen performed the Earth Drawing Technique, causing subtle changes within the spirit soil. Three circular holes appeared, perfectly accommodating the three Enchanting Mystical Peach Spirit Seeds.
He focused his attention on one of the seeds, and a thought flashed through his mind.
Enchanting Mystical Peach: A third-grade Spirit Plant that bears fruit for the first time after about three years, and then once every two years thereafter until its life limit is reached. The mature spirit fruit contains abundant spiritual power and is extremely delicious, widely favored by cultivators and spirit beasts alike.
The spirit fruit can be consumed directly, imparting a natural youthful appearance and enhancing one's charm over prolonged consumption. It can also be used to refine certain special pills or brew spirit wine.
During the growth of the Spirit Plant, it releases a miasma that arouses the desires of cultivators and demons. This miasma, when collected in large quantities through special means, can be used to refine certain exotic magical artifacts.
The path of cultivation is long, so seize the day and find joy.
"Seize the day and find joy? For me, the greatest joy lies in cultivating spirit plants."
Lu Chen recalled the thought that had flashed through his mind and sighed.
Since joining the sect, he had been exposed to an ever-growing variety of spirit plants. In Lin Yang Fang Shi, due to the lower grades of the spirit plants, they were mostly single-harvest plants and rarely bore fruit a second time after maturity.
Now, in his spirit field, he had the time-based Yin Hua tree, which thrived the longer it lived, naturally limited by its own lifespan.
In addition, he had just planted the cyclical Enchanting Mystical Peach, which would bear new spirit fruit periodically until it reached its life limit.
"A third-grade Spirit Plant is equivalent to the Foundation Establishment realm, so it naturally doesn't have infinite life. Only within its life cycle can the spirit fruit be harvested repeatedly."
"But this is still quite remarkable. After all, each spirit fruit yields a light group reward."
Lu Chen marveled inwardly.
He moved to the other end of the spirit field and continued to perform the Earth Drawing Technique, planting ten Flaming Fruit Spirit Seeds into the spirit soil.
As he focused on one of the seeds, a thought flashed through his mind.
Flaming Fruit: A second-grade Spirit Plant. The mature spirit fruit contains abundant fire-attributed spiritual power, creating a mild explosive sensation in the mouth when consumed. The spiritual power can warm the limbs and bones and can also be used as a refining material for certain spirit wines.
During cultivation, second-grade fire-attributed spell arts must be cast according to the growth progress to stimulate the Spirit Plant and accelerate its growth.
"The fire-attributed Flaming Fruit and the previously planted ice-attributed Ice Vine Fruit—feeding these two types of spirit fruits to the high-grade spirit beasts in the sect will give them a taste of the shock brought by the dual realm of ice and fire."
Lu Chen gazed at the Flaming Fruit in its seed form and the pale white Ice Vine Fruit sprouting branches in the distance, a proud smile on his face.
With this addition, his spirit field now boasted a diverse collection of spirit plants: the grade-less Spirit Glow Grass, the second-grade Flowing Light Wood, the Yin Hua tree, the Flaming Fruit, the Ice Vine Fruit, the Sword Grass, the third-grade Dragon Vine, the Jade Scale Fruit, the Sword-Nurturing Gourd, the Enchanting Mystical Peach, and the lone fourth-grade Mysterious Insect Vine.
Additionally, in the small courtyard in Jian Men Town, he had the third-grade Ghost-Faced Stone Mushroom, the Thorn Bone, the Poison Arrow Wood, and the fourth-grade Hundred-Eyed Weird Wood.
Unknowingly, Lu Chen had cultivated a wide variety of high-grade and rare spirit plants, demonstrating remarkable growth in his spirit plant cultivation journey.
Lu Chen harvested them all, obtaining ten perfect quality grasses, with most of the rest being of superior quality and a small number of good quality.
Seventy-seven white orbs of light—he collected them one by one, and while the rewards within the orbs weren't exactly abundant, the very act of harvesting them brought Lu Chen joy, and he relished in the process.
The absorbed orbs granted Lu Chen over ten years' worth of cultivation rewards.
After absorbing them all, he felt his spiritual power more abundant than ever before, and his dantian seemed ready to overflow with a sense of expansion.
"I'm almost there. Just one more batch of Spirit Glow Grass, one more wave of cultivation rewards, and I'll be ready to attempt the Foundation Establishment realm."
As he sensed the spiritual power within his body, Lu Chen felt a sense of unreality.
Over three years ago, he had been merely a second-layer Qi Refining junior disciple, with ordinary talent and an ordinary background, thinking only about how to survive and earn a few shattered spirit stones.
But now, the once lofty and unattainable Foundation Establishment realm didn't seem so distant anymore.
This only served to strengthen his resolve in the path of spirit plant cultivation.
Among the remaining orbs, the rewards consisted mainly of first-grade Elixir Pills and a few Earth Drawing Technique and Wood Birth Technique experience packets—better than nothing.
The rewards from the ten perfect quality Spirit Glow Grasses were quite good: three second-grade Sword Qi Abounds talismans, four drops of top-grade Treasure Essence Primal Liquid, and three Primordial Elixir Concoction experience packets.
Lu Chen placed the seventy-plus mature Spirit Glow Grasses into a long, white jade box and carefully stored away the various rewards. He then summoned the Grass Puppet in front of him.
"Come, I have something tasty for you."
He took out a drop of Grass Spirit Primal Liquid and inserted it into the large lump on the Grass Puppet's head, where the gray grass was entwined.
A crack appeared in the gray grass lump, and it sucked in the droplet, which was imbued with abundant wood and plant spiritual energy.
Instantly, the gray grass lump turned green, and the color spread from the top of its head down to its long, thin legs, which resembled a pair of chopsticks.
"Hmm? Is it about to break through or something?"
Lu Chen suddenly sensed that something was amiss with the Grass Puppet before him. The gray grass that composed its body scattered and danced chaotically, and the large lump on its head expanded and contracted, undergoing some unknown transformation.
Immediately after, the green color vanished, and new gray grasses emerged from within its body, like worms burrowing into the lump.
Through his spiritual sense, Lu Chen perceived countless gray grasses reorganizing and reconstituting the Grass Puppet's body through the lump.
The new body still had a large head and small limbs, but it now appeared much denser and more compact, and the lump on its head seemed to have grown even larger.
Lu Chen focused his mental energy on the puppet and found that its spiritual intellect had also improved. Previously, it had only exhibited simple behavioral patterns, but now it possessed a low level of consciousness, equivalent to that of a two or three-year-old infant.
Deep within its consciousness, it seemed to have an absolute trust and dependence on Lu Chen, and the words 'guard the Spirit Field' occasionally surfaced in its rudimentary intellect.
Lu Chen experimented and discovered that it could now release and control several times more gray grass than before. The grass was also much more resilient, and when condensed together, it was comparable to some top-grade spiritual artifacts.
However, the speed at which it executed these abilities remained unhurried, maintaining its own steady rhythm.
"This Grass Puppet, which I acquired early on at the loose cultivators' market, has been with me the longest. I've fed it top-grade Grass Spirit Primal Liquid, and now it has finally broken through."
Lu Chen gazed at the Grass Puppet, which stood before him, looking a little dopey, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"It looks better with a bit of green."
He smiled faintly and took out another drop of Grass Spirit Primal Liquid, placing it into the now larger lump on the puppet's head.
(End of Chapter)
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